French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990)

Jean-Marc Boivin

Jean-Marc Boivin was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, film maker and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paragliding, the creator of numerous first ascents and first ski descents in the Alps, a member of the team that broke the record for a sub-glacial dive and the first person to paraglide from the summit of Mount Everest, Boivin was a pioneer of extreme sports. He died from injuries incurred after BASE jumping off Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest waterfall in the world.

Born

1951

April 6

Died

1990

Era

1950s

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Jean-Marc, in brief

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1951 Born
1990 Died

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-46 Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
402 Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
945 Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII crowns his son Romanos II as co-emperor.
1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

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The world in 1951

When Jean-Marc arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Claire Morissette 1950– Canadian cycling activist (died 2007) Gerry Mulligan 1927–1996 American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996) Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903–1990 American engineer and academic (died 1990) James Wade 1983– English darts player James Watson 1928–2025 American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025) Jean-Pierre Changeux 1936– French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic Johann Kuhnau 1660–1722 German organist and composer (died 1722) Maimonides 1135–1204 Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204) Myleene Klass 1978– Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor

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